Thursday, August 04, 2005

It's My Birthday Too, Yeah

The first lady and I met our friends, Greg and Ellen at the Opera House for some drinks at sunset yesterday to celebrate my 30th. Ellen had a local concoction called a Kir Royale (not with Cheese), which was Cherry liquer and champagne. Looked pretty good, compared to our ho-hum Gin and Tonics.

We then sauntered over to the Customs House, one of the oldest buildings in Australia and recently rennovated, for a dinner on the rooftop terrace at Cafe Sydney. Although ineptly named, the restaraunt was very good and we can't wait to take you there.

We started witha bottle of some Australian Shiraz, a half-rack of the local oysters, shared a small lobster salad (they call them 'bugs' and crayfish are 'yagga') which was the highlight of the meal. I had a Wagyu (apparently the next Kobe in Japanese cattle cuisine) steak for the main and Peggy the Barramundi, both of which were about average. Yet, with the great view, ambience and company, the evening was a success.

We move in on Tuesday. Can't wait, as this communal living is a bit cramped.

posted by ncawthon at 10:29 AM